Politics

Two San Diego City Council Seats Go To November Run Off

By Alison St John / Reporter

Published June 9, 2010 at 5:25 AM PDT

This story was published more than 13 years ago.

Two incumbents on the San Diego City Council are preparing for new terms... while two other seats are still up for grabs.

Kevin Faulconer and Tony Young easily defended their seats, each winning more than 60 per cent of the vote

In District Eight, the latest results suggest David Alvarez and Felipe Hueso will face a run off in November. Both are Democrats

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In District Six, where Democrat Donna Frye will be termed out, Republican Lorie Zapf and Democrat Howard Wayne will square off this November.

Zapf told Republican supporters gathered at the Westgate Hotel that she's thrilled to have the support... especially as a political novice.

"It's my first time being a candidate,” she said, “so it’s a nice way to start. Obviously people are really responding to the message and I am thrilled to be the messenger."

The San Diego Republican Party threw its financial support behind Zapf in an effort to change the make -up of San Diego’s city council. Currently, six of the eight members are Democrats.

Wayne, a former State Assemblyman, told Democrats gathered at the W Hotel downtown that there's more work to do.

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“We're going to have to go back and walk the precincts again,” Wayne said, “raise the money again and raise the issues again, but if we give this race the attention it deserves, I think in November, District 6 will remain in the democratic column.”

Wayne split the Democratic vote with Steve Hadley, Donna Frye's chief of Staff, who came in third.

Under the strong mayor form of government, a ninth council district will be created, but not until the city is redistricted, using data from the 2010 census.

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Alison St John currently serves as a general assignment reporter and occasionally co-hosts KPBS Midday Edition. She fell in love with KPBS Radio when she arrived in San Diego in 1985 and first heard NPR. She has been a voice on KPBS Radio since 1989, and has served as a news reporter for radio, TV and the web, as well as anchoring, hosting, producing and editing. Alison has reported on stories about North County and was based in the KPBS' North County Bureau. Alison covered the metro beat during the critical period of the San Diego City pension crisis, and the education beat while Alan Bersin was the controversial Superintendent of San Diego City School District. She covered health when the industry was converting to managed care and told welfare reform stories in the late 1990s when Clinton was “ending welfare as we know it.” She has covered land use issues extensively, looking at the challenges of meeting a growing population while preserving community character, and developing a better transportation system to meet environmental concerns. She has done many stories on the military in San Diego, and the series she edited on the challenges veterans face returning from active duty to civilian life won “Best of Show” from the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists. She occasionally hosts the KPBS Roundtable and KPBS Midday Edition. Alison has won awards from the San Diego Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press TV and Radio Association, and the California Golden Mike Awards. Alison was born in Tanzania, brought up in Scotland, and earned her degree in psychology and sociology from Durham University in England. Her postgraduate diploma is in student counseling. She worked in England, Nigeria, Switzerland, Belgium, India, and Japan before moving to the United States in 1981. She now lives in Oceanside and enjoys how her community is growing and changing.